Why it’s vital for credit unions to collaborate with CUCollaborate’s Sam Brownell

Sounds pretty simple: Credit unions need to venture out and proactively collaborate with each other for the industry’s continued success. At least that’s the take from CUCollaborate’s Founder Sam Brownell. Sam recently started CUCollaborate to foster the exchange of ideas and information between credit unions — especially the ones that may not have the resources or network to discover the vital info needed to succeed.

For example, Sam’s inaugural project with CUCollaborate was the Core Processing Satisfaction Survey. He believes it is critical that credit unions share their evaluations and experiences with vendors serving the industry. Partnering with a new vendor involves numerous risks. Sam’s CUCollaborate hopes to mitigate some of these risks by providing platforms that effectively codify the industry’s seemingly disparate collective knowledge so that CUs can learn from each other’s experiences.

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